Mike Benedetto - Artist Bio

Exhibitions, Projects and Performances

- Picket Fence. Built a car-sized picket fence within in a metered parking spot and sawed it down in roughly 2 hours. Part of Park Yourself, a citywide collection of Chicago artists doing artistic performances in parking spaces. September 2006.

- Through My Western Eyes. Multi-media installation. Chiang Mai Social Installation. Group show featuring the work of artists from the U.S. and Thailand. Chiang Mai, Thailand. 2002.

- Public Self-Portrait with Cardboard Labels. Public performance. August 2001-present. (Can be seen at www.cardboardlabel.net)

- Butterflies and Other Monsters. The University of Chicago's graduating MFA group exhibition. Gallery 312, Chicago. June 2001.

- MFA Thesis Exhibition. Two-person show. My part of the exhibition was primarily video installation in a display of 10 works. The display involved 12 VCR's 8 TV's and 4 projectors running continuously for five days. The University of Chicago's Midway Studios. April 2001.

- CAA Midwest Regional Exhibition. An exhibition of work by select MFA students. The University of Illinois at Chicago's Great Space. March 2001.

- Dialogue. Painting and performance. A two-week interactive piece which culminated with the me sitting in a 44"x44"x24" box mounted on the wall for 17 hours. March 2000.

- Snow Angels. Landscape work. Made approximately 2,400 snow angels on The University of Chicago campus. January 2000.